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- The Cetomimiformes or whalefishes are an order of small, deep-sea ray-finned fish. Some authorities include the whalefishes as part of the order Stephanoberyciformes...
- depths in excess of 3,500 m (11,500 ft). Females are known as flabby whalefishes, Males are known as bignose fishes, while juveniles are known as tapetails...
- Family Rondeletiidae (redmouth whalefishes) Family Barbourisiidae (red/velvet whalefishes) Family Cetomimidae (flabby whalefishes) Order Stephanoberyciformes...
- sister order. Some sources classify their other close relatives, the whalefishes, as a superfamily herein, named Cetomimoidea. Most taxa traditionally...
- The redmouth whalefishes are two species of deep-sea whalefishes in the genus Rondeletia, the only genus in the family Rondeletiidae. They are apparently...
- Cetichthys is a genus of flabby whalefishes, which was first described in 1989 by John R. Paxton. There are currently two recognized species in this genus:...
- Cetomimus is a genus of flabby whalefishes. There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: Cetomimus compunctus T. Abe, Marumo & Kawaguchi...
- Beryciformes (alfonsinos, whalefishes) Trachichthyiformes (pinecone fishes, slimeheads)...
- August 2012 version. John R. Paxton (22 September 1989). "Synopsis of the whalefishes (family Cetomimidae) with descriptions of four new genera" (PDF). Records...
- Beryciformes (alfonsinos; whalefishes) Trachichthyiformes (pinecone fishes; slimeheads)...